The Magic House provides a beautiful and creative environment for curious youngsters to get their knowledge on.

Giant works of art interspersed throughout meadows and woodlands offer a new discovery at every turn.

What was once a presidential estate is now an exotic menagerie and home to the Budweiser Clydesdales.

What was meant to be a temporary exhibit is now a permanent fixture at the St. Louis Zoo filled with beautiful birds.

University City's quirkiest resident lives in a park named after its first.

This is not your typical jungle gym.

This titanic oil company sign is a reminder of the Americana boom of the 1970s and also its commoditization.

A chessmaster's dream destination.

This mosaic-covered bar is brimming with curated curios.

Speak to a companion on the other side of the room loud and clear through this architectural anomaly.

Less a museum than a bizarre fantasy world created by artists and engineers.

A creepy sculpture of a decapitated head invites viewers to see St. Louis through its empty eyes.

One of the world's earliest skyscrapers.

A plaque on the side of a parking garage marks the burial place of a great Ottawa chief.

The Old Courthouse takes visitors on a captivating trip through St. Louis' timeline.

A floating museum that was sunk by a flood and left to rot in the tides.

Once one of the world's great cities, Cahokia was a place of religious worship, trade and mass human sacrifice before being mysteriously abandoned.

The home used in just a few seconds of film that came to define the setting of a hit sitcom.

You thought Santa Claus didn't exist, but it turns out you were wrong.

The farm where one of America's greatest leaders was raised is now a well-appointed landmark.

One man's vision and a labor of love of many.

For over 100 years, this Indiana town has had a tree growing out the top of the local courthouse.

At the turn of the century, a chair like rock sat at the top of the falls and hosted the winner of a local beauty contest.

The park is home to the United States's only still-operating Dutch windmill.